Monday, January 24, 2011

Smeared Ink Monday!!

Good Monday Morning Everyone!! I don't know about you but I'm having a slowwwwwwwww start to this week! But I do have something fun to share with you!! I've recently received LOTS of newness from Smeared Ink. There are so many new stamps that you MUST see!!

I was in an "altering" mood so I used a vintage paperboard canister to create a ribbon holder for my "ribbons of the moment". Right now focusing on Valentine's Day. I find that I get overwhelmed when looking at my walls of ribbon so if I pull a few down and highlight them I find that I use less and enjoy what I have more!!

I started by sanding my container lightly. I chose my new Grunge set to stamp with. Being as the container is a cylinder I mounted my stamps on their respective cling, then on a block and I inked them up. I then laid the stamp face up on my table and slowly rolled my cylinder over the large stamp - pressing down evenly the entire way. I used a combination of TH Vintage Photo Ink and Brilliance Pearlescent Poppy. I then coated in clear embossing powder and heat set.

I used the same Grunge set to stamp the "washers" where my ribbons are threaded through. I stamped them in Brilliance white, coated in white embossing powder and heat set. I used my Crop-o-Dile Big Bite to punch the holes down the side. I threaded the ribbon through from the inside and then neatly piled it in so that it wouldn't become a huge tangly mess inside.

I stamped a quote from the Nymph set in the same Brilliance Red Poppy onto beautiful and soft flowery paper. I heat set it and then cut it out with my new Sizzix Big Shot using a label die. I anchored this layer to the cylinder using phillips head screw brads. I like the contrast between the softness of the paper vs the industrial feel of the stamps and hardware that I chose.

I punched a circle out of the same soft paper pack and inked up the chain link fence stamp - also from the Urban Decay set. Same red ink and heat set it. I think it made a snazzy topper!

I'm a stay at home wife to my darling hubby of almost 19 years. I'm also a homeschooling Mum of 3 small, beautiful, delicious and often sticky children and a gorgeous and sweet pitbull named Katie.
I've always loved art, crafting and photography. I find time every single day to work one or all of these into the mere 24 hours that we have daily. I find it fulfills my soul, my mind and keeps my "zen" in check.